Our Projects
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Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle School
Baltimore, MD
The new 800-student LEED Silver facility is designed to promote flexible and interactive learning environments, integrate security measures and increased visibility, enhance accessibility and life safety, incorporate sustainable materials and practices, and provide educational opportunities during school and non-school hours. Each floor of the three-story building houses three classroom wings.
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All three classroom wings—P-K through 2nd grade, 3rd through 5th grade, and 6th through 8th grade—contain dedicated collaborative learning areas that are centralized to make the spaces open and easily accessible. Larger core-curriculum spaces, consisting of the cafeteria/dining area, media center, administration, gymnasium, and community space, are located on the first floor.
Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle School is part of the 21st Century School Buildings Program, which, through legislation, creates a partnership between the City of Baltimore, the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, the Interagency Committee on School Construction, and the Maryland Stadium Authority. The partnership leveraged $60 million into bond money to support school renovation and replacement projects. The ADG provided CA services in partnership with architects of record from Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates.
Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle School is part of the 21st Century School Buildings Program, which, through legislation, creates a partnership between the City of Baltimore, the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, the Interagency Committee on School Construction, and the Maryland Stadium Authority. The partnership leveraged $60 million into bond money to support school renovation and replacement projects. The ADG provided CA services in partnership with architects of record from Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates.
Southwest Academy Middle School
Gwynn Oak, MD
The ADG provided architectural services in the replacement and upgrading of the existing HVAC systems. Work included the replacement of perimeter unit air conditioners, rooftop DOAS, select RTUs, and ground-mounted chillers. Select interior renovations, including window replacements and roof modifications, were also required for the project. Due to political pressure, the project was fast-tracked through design. The cost of construction was $8 million, and the construction method was a traditional design/bid/build.
William Baer School
Baltimore, MD
The William Baer School project was a $1 million door and window replacement renovation project for a special needs school in West Baltimore. Working in conjunction with JMT, the ADG provided full design, permitting, and construction administration on the project.
Harford Heights/Sharp Leadenhall Elementary School
Baltimore, MD
The Harford Heights/Sharp Leadenhall Elementary School covers approximately 140,000 square feet, situated on the existing 12.68-acre Harford Heights Elementary School site. The project included selective demolition, renovations, and additions to the existing Harford Heights Elementary School, which will renovate and expand the Harford Heights Elementary curriculum and create a new Sharp Leadenhall school facility. The two schools share centralized kitchen and support spaces, including a secured connection corridor, but operate as separate and independent schools.
The proposed Harford Heights Elementary includes renovations to the existing two-story classroom wing and gymnasium space, with one-story additions, including administration, guidance, kitchen, dining and support, and community spaces. The proposed school will be designed to support approximately 500 students. The ADG is providing CA services in partnership with architects of record from Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates.
The proposed Harford Heights Elementary includes renovations to the existing two-story classroom wing and gymnasium space, with one-story additions, including administration, guidance, kitchen, dining and support, and community spaces. The proposed school will be designed to support approximately 500 students. The ADG is providing CA services in partnership with architects of record from Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates.
Howard University Softball Stadium
Washington, DC
Reminiscent of Baltimore’s Camden Yards, the Howard University Softball Stadium is designed to be a contextual yet state-of-the-art facility. The use of brick is prominent in the design of the stadium elements, press box, seating, dugouts, fencing, etc., due to its use at the Banneker School, the neighborhood, and the campus. With the Banneker School being the backdrop of the right field, a softball version of a mini-Camden Yards could be achieved.
The field’s conceptual design calls for an athletic turf field with a drain-through system that would be compatible with stormwater management and water quality design methodologies. The fence would be a minimum of 200 feet or an equivalent down the right and left field lines with a possible 220-foot center field wall. A batter’s eye fence in the center field and a Daktronics scoreboard in the left field would be installed. In addition, a Musco lighting system would be installed for night or overcast games.
The covered dugouts would be equipped with helmet and bat racks, benches, protective fencing, lights for night games, and infrared heating units for cool or cold weather games and practices in the late winter and early spring. In addition, the dugouts would be designed to accommodate Big Fogg misting fans for hot days in May or late spring and summer dates when the Bison host summer softball camps or for fall practices in late August and September.
The covered dugouts would be equipped with helmet and bat racks, benches, protective fencing, lights for night games, and infrared heating units for cool or cold weather games and practices in the late winter and early spring. In addition, the dugouts would be designed to accommodate Big Fogg misting fans for hot days in May or late spring and summer dates when the Bison host summer softball camps or for fall practices in late August and September.
Southern Maryland SportPlex & Learning Center
Waldorf, MD
As the population continues to grow in Charles County, MD, a group of residents, friends, and concerned citizens came together to respond to this quality-of-life issue that affects its citizens. The Southern Maryland SportPlex & Learning Center (SMSPLC) is one such response.
The goal of the project is to offer the residents of Southern Maryland and the surrounding communities a facility that provides a venue for youth sports, adult physical fitness training and exercise, health and wellness for adults and youth, and youth and adult education, learning, and personal development opportunities.
The proposed site is in the La Plata/Waldorf area of Charles County. It would provide a high-quality, convenient, and readily accessible facility to address some of the recreation needs, as mentioned earlier. The complex would be multi-use with outdoor and indoor activity spaces, combining the needs of full personal development and enhancement in a safe, high-quality athletic and learning facility.
On the outside, the facility includes softball/baseball diamonds; horizontal fields for soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse; a stadium for football; a playground (tot-lot); and ample parking. Inside a large fitness center are a health and wellness suite, community rooms, an auditorium, and workout rooms overlooking a six-basketball court gymnasium wrapped by an indoor track.
The goal of the project is to offer the residents of Southern Maryland and the surrounding communities a facility that provides a venue for youth sports, adult physical fitness training and exercise, health and wellness for adults and youth, and youth and adult education, learning, and personal development opportunities.
The proposed site is in the La Plata/Waldorf area of Charles County. It would provide a high-quality, convenient, and readily accessible facility to address some of the recreation needs, as mentioned earlier. The complex would be multi-use with outdoor and indoor activity spaces, combining the needs of full personal development and enhancement in a safe, high-quality athletic and learning facility.
On the outside, the facility includes softball/baseball diamonds; horizontal fields for soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse; a stadium for football; a playground (tot-lot); and ample parking. Inside a large fitness center are a health and wellness suite, community rooms, an auditorium, and workout rooms overlooking a six-basketball court gymnasium wrapped by an indoor track.
The Laurel Soccer Park
The Laurel Soccer Park concepts were developed from a 10-acre site at the intersection of MD 198 and Bond Mill Road in Laurel, MD. The plan calls for two natural grass soccer fields with two 200-seat bleachers for each field, gazebos, and a clubhouse replete with locker rooms, dining and banqueting rooms, a commercial kitchen with outdoor walk-up concessions, patio dining, private club/suite party rooms, and locker room facilities. The site was also designed with 101 parking spaces.
Breath of Life Seventh-day Adventist Outreach Center
Fort Washington, MD
This 29,000-square-foot community center was designed to be a hub of church activity. The church administrative offices are in the building, along with conference rooms, seminar rooms, a 15-station computer lab, a fitness room, an NCAA regulation-sized basketball court, a theater with changing rooms, 200 fixed seats for viewing, and a commercial kitchen designed to feed 500 people in a banquet setting. The building was designed for durability and low maintenance. The signature design feature is a vaulted wood ceiling with wood glulam beams above the multipurpose room.
Greater Morning Star Pentecostal Church
Largo, MD
Designed as Phase I of a multi-phase ministry campus project on 53 acres of land in Prince George’s County, GMSPC is a 1,400-seat, 29,000-square-foot multipurpose building used for worship and ministry. Opened in September 2007, the church also houses administrative offices, classrooms, and a fellowship hall with a catering/prep kitchen.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.
Gospel Tabernacle Outreach Center
Baltimore, MD
This 20,000-square-foot award-winning project was a combination of demolition, addition, and renovation. The project included 20 classrooms, an 80-person dining/community hall, a computer lab, a choir music room, administrative offices, and a two-story entry link that connects the existing building with the addition. In 2006, the project won an award for masonry design and craftsmanship from the Masonry Institute of Maryland.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.
Israel Baptist Church
Baltimore, MD
The Israel Baptist Church is a 36,000-square-foot sanctuary that seats 1,600 people and is Phase I of a two-phase project. In addition to the sanctuary, the church has meeting rooms, a choir practice room, and various offices. Derrick Adams designed this church while employed with FWA, Inc. Its architectural features include a stepped loggia and an over 2,000-square-foot stained glass mural in the main lobby of the church at the rear of the sanctuary.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.
Civic
Mitchell Courthouse Elevator Modernization and Replacement
Baltimore, MD
As part of an on-call contract with the City of Baltimore, the ADG provided architectural services to renovate and modernize the elevators in the historic Mitchell Courthouse. The project included upgrading three passenger elevators, installing one new passenger elevator in an existing shaft, upgrading the freight elevator and prisoner elevators, upgrading the law library dumbwaiter, and retaining the existing historical character of the lobbies and elevator doors.
Baltimore Visitor Center
Baltimore, MD
Though constructed in 2002 as a modern, state-of-the-art facility, the Baltimore Visitor Center experienced HVAC issues and extreme heat gain due to the large glass wall surfaces that surround the building. The ADG, along with MEP engineers Henry Adams, Inc., provided window shading film and HVAC modifications to the building to minimize heat gain and increase air circulation and flow throughout the space.
Baltimore Convention Center Peer Review and Chiller Plant Replacement
Baltimore, MD
In association with Henry Adams, Inc., the ADG provided peer review services for the roof design and architectural interface of the proposed new chiller plant equipment with the building and other architectural systems. The ADG also provided a review of submissions and specifications for architecture-related designs and products.
Community
Kentland Community Center
Landover, MD
This is a new 33,000-square-foot recreation center for the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Although not a LEED project, many sustainable features, such as daylighting, green and
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vegetative roofing systems, photovoltaics, natural light walls, bioswales, and drainage trenches, are used. The project includes a gym with three basketball courts (including an NCAA regulation court), a teen room with tech features, a fitness center, various meeting rooms, a computer lab, a media studio, and a child daycare center. The project also features a performing arts room for use by community theater and dance companies.
*Derrick Adams was the PM of this project when he initiated with FWA and completed it as the executive architect of the ADG.
*Derrick Adams was the PM of this project when he initiated with FWA and completed it as the executive architect of the ADG.
Owen Brown Community Center
Columbia, MD
The Owen Brown Community Center is the central facility for the Owen Brown Village Center of Columbia. Initially a cosmetic project, OBCC grew into a total makeover with the enlargement of two multipurpose rooms, life safety and egress modifications, ADA toilet room upgrades, installation of high-efficiency HVAC equipment, electrical upgrades, the transformation of the residential-style kitchen into a catering kitchen, renovation of the child care area, and new finishes and furnishings. Since the completion of the renovation, OBCC has experienced an increase in leasing and rental reservations and requests. LEED was not required, but “green” materials and techniques were used throughout.
Walker Mill Daycare
Relying on the individual experience of Derrick Adams, the ADG rendered architectural services for a 5,000-square-foot daycare facility for children 2 to 5 years old. The program also included aftercare for school-age children and classroom spaces for parental training and assistance. Although a non-LEED project, “green” materials and techniques were used, such as carpet, paint, water-saving plumbing fixtures, lighting controls, and clerestory windows for natural light. In addition, the building was oriented to receive photovoltaic roof panels on its south side.
Commercial
Walker Mill Daycare and Training Center
Capitol Heights, MD
The ADG provided full architectural design services for a 10,000-square-foot facility for the care of children 2 to 4 years old, along with the necessary support spaces and administrative functions. Its program also included aftercare for school-age children.
MNCPPC - College Park Airport Operations Building
College Park, MD
The ADG provided project management services for MNCPPC. This project consists of the construction of a two-story, 12,815-square-foot airport operation and attached maintenance building with associated meetings and support spaces. The building is a structural steel frame with masonry, a glass curtain wall, an insulated metal panel exterior, and a single-ply membrane roof. The operations portion of the building included airport operations and control, pilot and passenger waiting areas, and an adjacent main lobby with an elevator and grand staircase to meeting rooms on the second floor, which included an exterior observation deck. The maintenance bay is an attached 2,200-square-foot repair/restoration hanger. Moody Nolan is the architect of record on the project.
MNCPPC - Parks & Recreation Auditorium
Riverdale, MD
The Parks & Recreation (PRA) Auditorium is a space that received a total makeover and was the impetus for renovations throughout the building. The original space, used solely as a hearing room for Board Commissioners, was dark and dank and featured a three-foot sunken pit with a raised walkway and viewing areas on the perimeter. Hazardous materials and poor air quality were also issues. The solution was to eliminate the environmental issues, remove the accessibility concerns with the sunken pit, and transform the space into a vibrant and bright flexible space, which, with the inclusion of new technologies, can be used for hearings and seminars and as a classroom and office space. The exposed structure and ductwork give the space a technologically modern feel. The renovation and architectural character extend into the adjacent corridors and entrance lobby.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.
Maryland Food Bank
Included in the individual experience of Derrick Adams is the Maryland Food Bank (MFB) Community Kitchen, a design-build effort with Mustang Construction, a local general contractor. The project consists of a 6,000-square-foot pre-engineered structure that is connected to the existing MFB warehouse, which enables internal supply and connection with other MFB functions. The community kitchen helps adults seeking a new start in life by teaching them culinary arts while providing underserved residents of Baltimore with home-cooked meals. The project consists of a multifunctional commercial kitchen designed for thousands of people to pack and package pre-cooked meals per week. It also has offices for administrative staff, a training/conference room space with observation windows into the kitchen, and associated support spaces.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with Arel Architects.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with Arel Architects.
National Society of Black Engineers International Headquarters
Alexandria, VA
The National Society of Black Engineers was located in a nearby area before deciding to relocate to a larger facility that better satisfied their spatial needs. This vacant 18,000-square-foot, three-story, Class C office building in Alexandria, VA, was transformed into a Class A corporate headquarters for NSBE. Many building systems were upgraded, including HVAC and fire suppression. ADA upgrades were also accomplished. The project included executive and staff offices, upgrades for a grade-level parking deck, a student training center, and modern conferencing rooms.
Maryland Food Bank Office Renovations
Halethorpe, Baltimore County, MD
The ADG worked with the Maryland Food Bank to determine their spatial needs and develop program and concept designs for the expansion of their Baltimore corporate offices and distribution center. The work we produced was used by MFB to justify their expansion plans to their Board of Directors.
The office area doubled to over 12,000 square feet and included a conference center, executive suite, ADA toilet room upgrades, and space for expansion. Additional areas within the facility were also designed for modifications, as well as the building elevation and entrance.
The office area doubled to over 12,000 square feet and included a conference center, executive suite, ADA toilet room upgrades, and space for expansion. Additional areas within the facility were also designed for modifications, as well as the building elevation and entrance.
Mount Rainier Police Department - Interior Renovation
Baltimore, MD
The Mount Rainier Police Department project consists of the interior fit-out and renovation of 4,800 square feet of the lower level of the police station. The new space was designed to house new offices, a break room, a simulation training room, a fitness center, and other support spaces.